Cyril Duclos, Ph.D.

Education

• B.Sc., Life sciences, Université Aix-Marseille 1, Marseille, France, 2000
• M.Sc., Cognitive sciences (Physiology and Biomechanics), Université Paris X, Paris, France, 2001
• Ph.D., Biomedical sciences/Neurosciences, Université de Montréal/Université Aix-Marseille 1, Marseille, France, 2006
• Postdoctorate, Biomedical sciences, Institut de réadaptation Gingras-Lindsay-de-Montréal, Montréal, 2007-2008
• Postdoctorate, Psychology, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Montréal, 2009

Research interests

Use of muscle vibration for prognostic and rehabilitation after neurological damage and in the analysis of postural control during dynamic tasks with a biomechanical approach.

Research laboratories

Pathokinesiology and Functional Activities Laboratory

Sensory Integration in Rehabilitation Laboratory

Selected publications

Esmaeili, V., Juneau, A., Dyer, J.O., Lamontagne, A., Kairy, D., Bouyer, L. & Duclos, C. (2020). Intense and unpredictable perturbations during gait training improve dynamic balance abilities in chronic hemiparetic individuals: A randomized controlled pilot trial. Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation, 17(1), 79. [doi] OPEN ACCESS

Paquin, M.H., Duclos, C., Lapierre, N., Dubreucq, L., Morin, M., Meunier, J., Rousseau, J. & Dumoulin, C. (2020). The effects of a strong desire to void on gait for incontinent and continent older community-dwelling women at risk of falls. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 39(2), 642-649. [doi]

Escalona, M.J., Bourbonnais, D., Le Flem, D., Goyette, M., Duclos, C. & Gagnon, D.H. (2020). Effects of robotic exoskeleton control options on lower limb muscle synergies during overground walking: An exploratory study among able-bodied adults. Clinical Neurophysiologiy, 50(6), 495-505. [doi]

Dubreucq, L., Mereu, A., Blanc, G., Filiatrault, J. & Duclos, C. (2017). Introducing a psychological postural threat alters gait and balance parameters among young participants but not among most older participants. Experimental Brain Research, 235(5), 1429-1438. [doi]

Barthélémy, A., Gagnon, D. H., & Duclos, C. (2016). Gait-like vibration training improves gait abilities: A case report of a 62-year-old person with a chronic incomplete spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2,16012. [doi] OPEN ACCESS

 

 

Research orientation

Axis 1: Sensory, Motor and Cognitive Functions and Activities

Research topic

Thème 1 : The person, their entourage and the community

Theme 1: Functional Mechanisms

Research Site

CRIR - Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal (IURDPM), CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal

University Affiliation